
© Moira Andrew (First published in Dragon Poems, by John Foster & Korky Paul, (OUP 1991)īest known as an author of children’s prose (and for his beard), Philip Ardagh also writes poetry for all ages his poems appearing in a variety of anthologies. Her most recent poetry collection is Wish a Wish, illustrated by Anna Popescu , Poetry Space, 2016 , available here. During the 80s, 90s and into the 2000s she wrote stories and poetry for children.

Moira Andrew was born and educated in Scotland, became a primary teacher, worked her way up to Assistant Head, then lectured in education at Craigie College of Education, Ayr before moving to Bristol where she was Head Teacher of a primary school.

We hang our dreams on the shoulders of hope Sound bites have no place in this parliament The rhythm is so moving, even the statues shed a tear Adisa’s really amazing website with contact info is here. It’s so good to have something to look forward to. Benjamin Zephaniah, who was one of the judges said: Adisa is the future. One year after taking his showon the road, Adisa landed first place in a National competition titled New Performance Poet of the Year. His mango flavoured metaphors and his larva-fuelled performances soon became legendary on the London performance poetry circuit. He exploded onto the spoken word scene in 1993. Adisa was born with a silver tongue and a head full of rhymes.
